MOSCOW, March 25./TASS/. Sixteen episodes of shelling by Kiev troops at settlements of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and militia positions, in which four people were wounded, have been reported over the past 24 hours, the republic’s defence ministry reports.

The ministry has reported shelling of eight local settlements, militia positions at the settlement of Peski, the Oktyabrskaya mine and the airport of Donetsk, the Donetsk News Agency says.

According to the defence ministry, the settlements of Grigorovka and Staromaryevka were hit by artillery fire from the village of Granitnoye. Mortars, grenade launchers, tanks, weapons of infantry combat vehicles and small arms were used in attacks on other locations.